2022 population: 17,206
( 930 from 2010
, 324 from 2020)
Land area: 370.1 square miles
Population density: 46.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 15,171 | 88.17% | 4.9% |
Black: | 218 | 1.27% | 51.4% |
Indian: | 74 | 0.43% | 39.6% |
Asian: | 135 | 0.78% | 11.6% |
2+ races: | 244 | 1.42% | 36.3% |
Hispanic: | 1,364 | 7.93% | 4.8% |
Total non-White: | 2,035 | 11.83% | 12.6% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Births: | 349 | 10.3 |
Deaths: | 688 | 20.4 |
Net Migration: | 648 | 19.2 |
Net Immigration: | 17 | 0.5 |
Change in White population: | 703 | 4.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 227 | 1.4 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 12,078 | |
Median Value | $236,900 | |
Occupied | 7,020 | 58.1% |
Vacant | 5,058 | 41.9% |
Owned | 5,385 | 76.7% |
Rented | 1,635 | 23.3% |
Median Rent | $945 | |
Single-Family Units | 9,941 | 82.3% |
Detached | 9,780 | 81.0% |
Attached | 161 | 1.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 626 | 5.2% |
Mobile Homes | 1,170 | 9.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 283 | 4.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 599 | 8.5% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 212 | 3.0% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 384 | 5.5% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 475 | 6.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 361 | 5.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 277 | 3.9% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 201 | 2.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 333 | 4.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 567 | 8.1% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 582 | 8.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 995 | 14.2% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 629 | 9.0% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 281 | 4.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 353 | 5.0% |
$200,000 or more | 488 | 7.0% |
Median Household Income | 57,261 | |
Per Capita Income | 35,889 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 76 | |
Compared to U.S. | 73 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 344 | 4.9% |
Public Assistance | 150 | 2.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 894 | 12.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 5,554 | 62.4% |
Unemployed | 172 | 1.9% |
In Armed Forces | 9 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 5,735 | 64.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 3,170 | 35.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 37.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 2,353 | 2,005 | 54.0% |
Non-Profit | 146 | 301 | 32.7% |
Self-Employed | 745 | 458 | 61.9% |
Local Government | 256 | 369 | 41.0% |
State Government | 53 | 92 | 36.6% |
Federal Government | 46 | 21 | 68.7% |
Total Private + Self | 3,098 | 2,463 | 55.7% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 501 | 783 | 39.0% |
Total | 3,599 | 3,246 | 52.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 12.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,094 | 16.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 1,387 | 20.3% |
Professional, Technical | 1,211 | 17.7% |
Service Occupations | 1,442 | 21.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 87 | 1.3% |
All others | 1,715 | 25.0% |
White Collar | 53.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 752 | 11.0% |
Accommodation and food services | 750 | 11.0% |
Construction | 702 | 10.2% |
Manufacturing | 692 | 10.1% |
Health care and social assistance | 644 | 9.4% |
Educational services | 617 | 9.0% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 453 | 6.6% |
Finance and insurance | 434 | 6.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 419 | 6.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 293 | 4.3% |
Other services | 271 | 4.0% |
Public administration | 182 | 2.7% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 158 | 2.3% |
Information | 136 | 2.0% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 101 | 1.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 90 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 81 | 1.2% |
Wholesale trade | 60 | 0.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 14 | 0.2% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,043 | 6.17% |
Puerto Rican | 47 | 0.28% |
Cuban | 36 | 0.21% |
Dominican | 2 | 0.01% |
Total Central American | 59 | 0.35% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 2 | 0.01% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 57 | 0.34% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 131 | 0.77% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 2 | 0.01% |
Ecuadorian | 129 | 0.76% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 0 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 32 | 0.19% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 14,840 | 91.7% |
Spanish | 988 | 6.1% |
Other Indo-European | 254 | 1.6% |
German, other Germanic | 59 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 28 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 5 | 0.0% |
Chinese | 4 | 0.0% |
Other | 4 | 0.0% |
Other Asian | 1 | 0.0% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 2,632 | 15.6% |
American | 2,129 | 12.6% |
Irish | 1,748 | 10.3% |
German | 1,092 | 6.5% |
Scotch-Irish | 606 | 3.6% |
European | 560 | 3.3% |
Scottish | 403 | 2.4% |
Italian | 281 | 1.7% |
French | 229 | 1.4% |
Polish | 214 | 1.3% |
Swedish | 125 | 0.7% |
Dutch | 117 | 0.7% |
British | 82 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 76 | 0.4% |
Scandinavian | 60 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 16,359 | 96.7% |
Not a citizen | 556 | 3.3% |
Native | 16,050 | 94.9% |
Foreign-born | 865 | 5.1% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
484 | 3.7% | 938 | 7.1% | 3,935 | 29.9% | 4,111 | 31.2% | 2,052 | 15.6% | 1,638 | 12.4% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 484 | 3.7% |
9-12 Years | 938 | 7.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 3,935 | 29.9% |
Some College | 4,111 | 31.2% |
Bach. Degree | 2,052 | 15.6% |
Grad Degree | 1,638 | 12.4% |
Average years of education: 13.4 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 5,770 | 5,477 | 293 | 5.1% | 5.4% |
1991 | 5,740 | 5,355 | 385 | 6.7% | 5.3% |
1992 | 5,765 | 5,223 | 542 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
1993 | 6,137 | 5,636 | 501 | 8.2% | 5.7% |
1994 | 6,595 | 6,269 | 326 | 4.9% | 5.1% |
1995 | 6,965 | 6,678 | 287 | 4.1% | 4.8% |
1996 | 6,888 | 6,650 | 238 | 3.5% | 4.6% |
1997 | 7,122 | 6,893 | 229 | 3.2% | 4.5% |
1998 | 7,107 | 6,910 | 197 | 2.8% | 4.2% |
1999 | 7,363 | 7,162 | 201 | 2.7% | 3.8% |
2000 | 7,234 | 7,004 | 230 | 3.2% | 3.5% |
2001 | 7,053 | 6,776 | 277 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
2002 | 7,068 | 6,755 | 313 | 4.4% | 5.3% |
2003 | 7,462 | 7,167 | 295 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
2004 | 7,512 | 7,212 | 300 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
2005 | 7,827 | 7,436 | 391 | 5.0% | 5.7% |
2006 | 7,530 | 7,082 | 448 | 5.9% | 5.1% |
2007 | 7,279 | 6,816 | 463 | 6.4% | 4.9% |
2008 | 6,951 | 6,473 | 478 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
2009 | 6,976 | 6,217 | 759 | 10.9% | 10.4% |
2010 | 7,162 | 6,306 | 856 | 12.0% | 10.7% |
2011 | 7,018 | 6,156 | 862 | 12.3% | 10.1% |
2012 | 6,912 | 6,131 | 781 | 11.3% | 9.0% |
2013 | 6,813 | 6,142 | 671 | 9.8% | 8.1% |
2014 | 6,540 | 6,003 | 537 | 8.2% | 7.1% |
2015 | 6,430 | 5,991 | 439 | 6.8% | 6.1% |
2016 | 6,700 | 6,299 | 401 | 6.0% | 5.4% |
2017 | 6,971 | 6,624 | 347 | 5.0% | 4.8% |
2018 | 7,133 | 6,843 | 290 | 4.1% | 4.0% |
2019 | 7,321 | 7,057 | 264 | 3.6% | 3.5% |
2020 | 7,215 | 6,831 | 384 | 5.3% | 6.5% |
2021 | 7,552 | 7,314 | 238 | 3.2% | 3.9% |
2022 | 7,774 | 7,548 | 226 | 2.9% | 3.0% |
2023 | 7,832 | 7,597 | 235 | 3.0% | 3.2% |